Mark and Susie Holt found their little piece of paradise, a nearly 90-year-old beachfront cottage on Casey Key Road, on a Sunday drive in 2011. The 1,100-square-foot, one-bedroom cottage was unassuming, but the Gulf-and-sky views were breathtaking, and though they rented it out seasonally for a few years, the lure of the sun and sea right outside their door was so great that they moved in permanently last summer.

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Read more about this cottage at VeniceMagazineOnline.com.